Turn a Blind Eye? E-tailer’s Blockchain Participation Considering Upstream Competition between Copycats and Brands
E-tailers such as Amazon and JD.com have long been criticized for the co-existence of copycat and genuine products sold on their platforms. Although many brands have developed blockchain-based digital manufacturing systems which can enable the traceability of the genuine products, consumers could not identify the genuine products without the e-tailers’ participation in the blockchain: A well-behaved blockchain requires the digital connection of the upstream (i.e., the brand) and the downstream (i.e., the e-tailer). We hence build a game-theoretical model to analyze the e-tailers’ incentives to participate in the upstream brand’s blockchain, which guarantees the consumers’ trust but the e-tailer’s revenue shared from the copycat sales might be reduced. The e-tailers operate under a hybrid mode where the copycat products are sold in agency stores and the genuine products are sold in the e-tailers’ reselling stores. We find that the brand’s efficient image investment helps incentivize the e-tailer to connect to the upstream brand’s blockchain-based manufacturing system. And the e-tailer’s blockchain participation induces the genuine product’s larger market share by enhancing its diversified competition with the copycat. Otherwise, the e-tailer still tends to participate in the brand’s blockchain if its commission rate from the copycat store is low and the e-tailer’s reselling channel advantage is limited
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2023
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Authors: | Niu, Baozhuang ; Ruan, Yiyuan ; Xu, Haotao |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
Description of contents: | Abstract [papers.ssrn.com] |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments July 19, 2022 erstellt Volltext nicht verfügbar |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014254430
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